David Warner > Mahela Jayawardene flat-track bully

[The Realist]

David Warner has been exposed as a home-track bully

 

AUSTRALIAN opener David Warner might be the fifth best ranked batsman in Test cricket, but after flopping in India he owns the unwanted title as one of the format’s biggest home track bullies.

 

Warner has a massive gap of 22.4 runs between his away (36.8) and home (59.2) averages, one of the biggest discrepancies among the world’s leading runscorers.

 

Only India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, who cracked 202 against Australia in the third Test, is more reliant on familiar conditions of the world’s top 10 ranked Test batsmen, with a 32-run gap between his home (65.2) and away (33.3) averages.

 

The other eight batsmen in that top 10 have together an average home-and-away discrepancy of only 6.9 runs, less than one-third of Warner’s enormous gap.

 

And Warner’s performances overseas are only getting worse. In the current series against India he is averaging a paltry 22, which is his exact same average across his past three series on the road.

 

That average of 22 is so bad that even the much-maligned Mitch Marsh almost equalled Warner, averaging 19 with the bat over those same three series.

 

The opening batsman has a habit of either over-committing on his front foot, making him susceptible to edges, or playing on the back foot to full deliveries, which often sees him bowled or trapped LBW.

 

His returns away from home have become so dire that there is now genuine cause to debate whether he should be an automatic choice in the Australian Test team on foreign tours.

 

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/david-warner-has-been-exposed-as-a-hometrack-bully/news-story/06bd7dd732f205bc7c38324e8c14f592

 

 

 

[Sidhoni]

Pujara's away average is around half of home average. Bigger HTB than Warner.

[OpeningBatsman]

+ warner has scored 16 out of 17 tons in Australia and South Africa 

[sensible-indian]

Flat track/home track bullying is actually great.

 

Just need to use those players properly.

[CrokeyCricket]

It is simple. play Warner at home and South Africa. Leave him out for the rest....

[OpeningBatsman]

Thread should have been captioned Home Track bully rather than FTB. 

Mahela scores in subcontinent (on flat as well as turning pitches) and fails in other places(mostly).

Warner fails in subcontinent and plays well in AUS n SA(flat /bouncy) 

Im confused now 

 

[Pollack]

7 hours ago, Viper said:

 so pujara is bigger HTB is that what you are trying to say OP ?

Pujara is a HTB/STB as of now.Need to see him in next overseas cycle.

[Pollack]

9 hours ago, OpeningBatsman said:

Thread should have been captioned Home Track bully rather than FTB. 

Mahela scores in subcontinent (on flat as well as turning pitches) and fails in other places(mostly).

Warner fails in subcontinent and plays well in AUS n SA(flat /bouncy) 

Im confused now 

 

Your post is not opaque. What are you confused about?

Edited March 23, 2017 by Pollack

[OpeningBatsman]

4 hours ago, Pollack said:

Your post is not opaque. What are you confused about?

 what exactly is a flat track? 

 

If,  Warner is scoring runs on Flat Tracks in Aus then Jayawardene should be able to score runs there as we... as he's a FTB and Vice Versa with Warner in SL  

[Pollack]

5 hours ago, OpeningBatsman said:

 what exactly is a flat track? 

 

If,  Warner is scoring runs on Flat Tracks in Aus then Jayawardene should be able to score runs there as we... as he's a FTB and Vice Versa with Warner in SL  

Actually flat tracks come in variety based on different aspects like bounce,dryness, etc. So it is possible jawardene may feast on flat tracks of subcontinent and not do much on Australian. Anyway I don't consider Warner FTB.